Bowling Green State University - Key Yearbook (Bowling Green, OH)

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BIOLOGY DEPT. E. L. Mosely Dr. C. I-I. Otis Essential to a true evaluation and a lruitiul adjustment ol onesell to his environment is the Icnowledge ol the essential nature ol man as a living organism and ol man in his relations with man. The department of biolog- ical science, under the direction oi Professors Mosely and Otis, is well equipped and is successfully aiding its students to develop a point ol view of lile, and in helping them to ration- alize the relative position of Man. Ouite closely associated with this department is that of psychology, which is directed by Professor Leon B. Slater FACULTY COMMERCIAL DEPT. Knepper Ogle who builds upon this fundamental biological background that of the mental phenomena ol Man. Upon the worI4 of both oi these departments is developed the concept of man in relation to his Iellowmen. Courses in the Fields ol history, government, eco- nomics, and sociology help to give the student a knowledge oi the social relationships about him and so aid him to deal more intelligently and effectively withthe problems oi Iiie. I-Ie is thus oriented with respect to or anic Iile and with his face to the East awaits the golden rays oi the dawn. HISTORY DEPT. J. Schwartz Dr. B. F. Nordman SOCIAL SCIENCE DEPT. Dr. C. C. Kohl Dr. R. Bourne I 18

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FACULTY LIBRARIANS MATH. DEPT. Mrs. Anna Gryting King Burling Yocum The College is fortunate in having on its campus a beautifully housed library. The func- tion of the library, as expressed in the engraved quotation on the front, to en- able one to read, to Weigh, and to consider, is one of the paramount ele- ments ofa fruitfully functioning college. perhaps the great- est degree of per- sonal freedom and deep penetration into the problems of life is attained in our conversations and discussions with those about us. But with this deeper part of one's growth, there comes the obligatory demand that one read widely and carefully, weighing and considering that which he reads, and interpreting it into the realities of life about him. The func- tion of boolcs to the true student is finely expressed by Emerson when he wrote that books are for the scholar's idle times. When he can read God directly, the hour is too precious to be wasted in other men's transcripts of their readings. But when the intervals of darkness come, as come they must, when the sun is hid and the stars withdraw their shining-'vve repair to the lamps which were ldndled by their say, to guide our steps to the East again, where the davvn is . . 4 Music DEPT. f A Mooers Fauley Marble Church l-lall Tunnicliffe McEwen 17

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FACULTY PSYCHOLOGY DEPT. Dr. L. B. Slater But the function ol the College of Liloeral Arts is not complete without an appraisal ol the values contained in the writings of the men in the ast who envisioned a truer ideal. lghat one may appreciate the visions and comprehensive insight ol these seers, he must study the literature ol both the past and the present. And that he may read and accommodate himself most fully, it is best that he master a 19 s L-N FOREIGN LANGUAGE CLUB First Row-Foster, Silva, Lantz, Pinardi Conn Plauson Second Row-Roe, Wagner, Herman Donnell Blessing Third Row-Dill, Young, Ruth, Pollock Lane Fritz Fourth Row-Parlcs, Miller, Buess Ronk Schuck Fifth Row-Jlressel, Neilsen. variety ol lingual expression and com- prehension. Thus the functions ol the Foreign Language and English depart- ments are similar in purpose, they effect an ease of expression and a deeper realization of the thought and values ol others as expressed in their writings. And again, the student reads, not to contradict and conlute, . . . but to weigh and to consider . ENGLISH DEPT. G. Durrin J. Bower Dr. R. McCain Hedrick J. W. Carmichael